[BRLTTY] 5.4 has been released.

Chevelle cstrobel at crosslink.net
Tue Jun 28 23:05:05 EDT 2016


FYI

I downloaded brltty-win-5.4-1-libusb-1.0.exe. Microsoft Security 
Essentials flags Win32/Maltule.c!cl; as a threat.  Not sure if it is, 
but I let it remove it.


On 6/28/2016 9:46 PM, Dave Mielke wrote:
> BRLTTY-5.4 has been released. As always, it can be downloaded from:
>
>     http://brltty.com/
>
> Here's a summary of the significant things that've changed since 5.3.1:
>
> Core changes:
>     The Delayed Cursor Tracking feature (and preference) has been added.
>     Stuck keys are now automatically released after a specifiable timeout.
>     Touch events no longer interfere with Learn Mode.
>     Support for the Polkit authorization manager has been added.
>     A couple of memory corruption issues have been resolved.
> USB fixes:
>     Device disconnect detection has been improved.
>     Excessive CPU consumption for some older serial adapters has been resolved.
> Baum braille driver changes:
>     More bindings have been defined for models that have the B11 key.
>     False reporting of input timeouts has been resolved.
>     Handling of unknown packet types has been improved.
> HandyTech braille driver changes:
>     Model detection on Windows has been fixed.
>     Output errors now restart the driver.
> HIMS braille driver changes:
>     Support for the Smart Beetle has been added.
>     Newer firmware resolution of qwerty key code conflicts is supported.
> HumanWare braille driver changes:
>     Several USB connection problems have been resolved.
>     The newer HID-based USB protocol is supported.
>     The Brailliant B 80's Bluetooth device name is recognized.
> Papenmeier braille driver changes:
>     Clipboard bindings have been added that work on EL-C models.
>     Bar bindings for the menu now work on EL models that don't have switches.
>     Bindings may now be defined that use a routing key and an EL key.
> XWindow braille driver changes:
>     Fixed-size font restrictions have been removed.
> xbrlapi changes:
>     Brltty restarts are handled.
>     Logs written to .xsession have been improved.
> brltty-trtxt changes:
>     The -b [--no-base-characters] option has been added.
> Systemd/Udev changes:
>     Multiple USB braille devices are handled - each starts its own brltty.
>     Disconnecting a USB braille device stops the associated brltty.
> Updated Tables:
>     The en_CA (English Canada) text table.
>     The zh_tw (Chinese, Taiwan) contraction table.
>



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